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OpenText AccuRev vs TFS comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText AccuRev
Ranking in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
24th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
TFS
Ranking in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
99
Ranking in other categories
Test Management Tools (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites category, the mindshare of OpenText AccuRev is 1.1%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TFS is 4.7%, up from 4.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TFS4.7%
OpenText AccuRev1.1%
Other94.2%
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
 

Featured Reviews

Sameh-Hablas - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO - Director General & Founder Ai/ IT Expert - Digital Transformation at Al Danah Information Systems Solutions
Helps us with our compliance goals, native quality management systems and with the legacy systems in our organization
To improve the product, it needs some enhancement to the application's interface to be more user-friendly. The product has all the features that we need and we can depend upon it. My issue with the product is that it is not easy to use without a guide or a proper manual. That is my point. It is not very friendly to use. For example, we may need the application to be more friendly in other sorts of ways. If we have an integrated module that allows access to the features we want through one click, you do not need to make it two or three clicks on the screen. The interface can be better designed to easily provide access to the features you need. The feature I would like to see in the next release is just for it to be more friendly to use and to be like a smart application that intuits your movement through the application. It needs to be something that works smoothly and intelligent without any complicated navigation of screens.
PF
Angular C Full Stack Developer at Great American Insurance
Simplified task creation enhances seamless development workflow
We use TFS for our Agile board to handle our sprints, epics, stories, and tasks, tracking how work is progressing. It is also a repository for managing code changes TFS integrates seamlessly with Visual Studio and Azure Cloud, facilitating continuous integration and continuous deployment, which…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The product has all the features that we for application managementat a lower cost."
"I have used many solutions throughout my career, but this is the best there is."
"The solution is 100% scalable. It's much more scalable than the customer's capacity for implementing it. We do plan to increase usage ourselves."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is taking snapshots while doing the execution of the test cases."
"We have seen a bonified return on investment."
"The solution is very scalable and it's been quite scalable for our organization's purpose."
"Customer Service: Excellent. Our original pre-sales technical contact is now in a different position within the sales organization, but is still willing to field questions, and get the right resources involved to speed up the delivery of customer service."
"AccuRev is a better tool in general."
"The most valuable feature is simplicity."
"TFS increased productivity and reduced our times to market by 60%."
"Record and playback is a good feature."
"TFS is a very easy to use product, scalable and configurable, very well integrated into a native development environment with massive reporting services, and provides end to end Application Life Cycle management capabilities."
"The solution's iteration board is good because you can track all your work with it."
"The interface is easy to navigate."
"The product is absolutely scalable for use in large enterprise companies."
"Test Management is immature for an application lifecycle management tool and it might take a couple more releases and pricing/functionality restructuring."
 

Cons

"What I'm missing from the solution is a repository for the code. Something like Git, for example. Some sort of depository for the code that is embedded."
"My issue with the product is that it is not easy to use without a guide or a proper manual."
"Source code conflicts are like evil twins."
"Limited reporting features for management."
"The tool has an issue whereby it restarts its services on its own."
"It is difficult to gain experience with the product because resources and documentation for learning are not available."
"Stability needs improvement. It has some minor defects that could be improved."
"Because AccuRev is a centralized SCM, Microfocus will always need to work to improve performance relative to distributed SCM."
"The solution's server for deployment needs to be improved."
"The reporting functionality is something that they should work on."
"Since the TFS was an on-prem solution, the private network accessibility was restricted."
"I have a list of things on the Visual Studio UserVoice page, but none of them are major."
"When you are trying to connect from Visual Studio code to TFS the integration isn't so easy and I think that could be improved."
"From a testing perspective, while the build and deploy automation capability and pipeline integration are already present to a great extent, these are areas where TFS can improve further."
"The usability of TFS is not that great."
"If TFS was completely free (not limited to five members for online), I would suggest using it, but the price for extra members is too expensive in my opinion and is worth it only if you are using Visual Studio, otherwise other solutions can do basically the same (talking only about source control)."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is a lower cost than other top competetors."
"It's just as expensive as HPE ALM, without many of the features, best used for development tool only to avoid higher costs."
"You will need to obtain server and account licenses."
"The overall price of TFS is good."
"I was working with the engineering team, and that was not under my umbrella. From what I can remember, its license was yearly. They had the licenses on a per-user basis, and they included MTM."
"The solution is expensive."
"I am not in a position to comment on the licensing terms, as we are talking about an enterprise arrangement."
"On a scale where ten is the highest and one is the cheapest, I rate the solution's licensing cost at one on a scale of one to ten."
"I wouldn't say that this tool is cheap or expensive but in the middle."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Construction Company
17%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Healthcare Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise26
Large Enterprise64
 

Questions from the Community

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Which is better - TFS or Azure DevOps?
TFS and Azure DevOps are different in many ways. TFS was designed for admins, and only offers incremental improvements. In addition, TFS seems complicated to use and I don’t think it has a very fri...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TFS?
While I do not know the exact pricing, TFS is likely more expensive than GitLab.
What needs improvement with TFS?
From a testing perspective, while the build and deploy automation capability and pipeline integration are already present to a great extent, these are areas where TFS can improve further.
 

Also Known As

Micro Focus AccuRev, AccuRev
Team Foundation Server
 

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Sample Customers

Akcelerant, SDL, CSG, Avid Technology Inc., Azimuth Systems Inc, Drivecam, Endgame, f5 Networks, Follett Software, Hyland Software, Indanet, Kronos, McAfee
Vendex KBB IT Services, Info Support, Fujitsu Consulting, TCSC, Airways New Zealand, HP
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